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Patented Oct. 7, 1890.

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SAMUEL T. JULL, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FARNUM T. FISH, OF SAME PLACE.

SWING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,694, dated October '7, 1890.

Application filed July 9, 1889. Serial No. 316.932. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL T. J ULL, a citi zen of the United States, residing at Meadville, in the county of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Swings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to swings; and it consists in the peculiar and novel construction and combination of the parts comprising the same, as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure l is a perspective view of a swing embodying my improvements. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are perspective views, respectively, of the removable and adjustable seat, showing the backrest in three different positions. Figs. 5 and 6 represent the two parts of an open joint for attaching the swinging bars to the upper frame and the foot-frame.

A A A A represent four parallel swinging bars.

B is a square frame to which the top ends of the said bars are suspended. This frame may be attached to an overhead ceiling, or it may be attached to the top ends of a suitable trestle-frame for support.

0 is a foot-frame suspended to the lower ends of the said bars A. The joint by which the bars are attached to the said frames is described as follows: A metal corner-piece D, having a slot and recess d, is firmly attached to the four corners of the frame B, and a metal piece d having a pin with a head, is firmlyattached to both ends of each bar A. Said pins resting in the slots and recesses of the said metal corner-pieces form the open joints for the attachment of the bars and frames. Similar metal pieces to D, having slots and recesses, are attached to the inside of the rails of the foot-frame 0.

To the lower inside surfaces of the bars A are attached metal strips E E, having diagonal slots 6 e, in which pins f f on the ends of cross-bars F rest supporting the seat. A series of slots e e enables the seat to be adjusted to various heights from the foot-frame to accommodate the seat to different-sized persons. The seat consists of a slatted platform G, having the aforesaid cross-bars F F secured under each end.

11 H are side railings.

- I is an adjustable back-rest having arms 2' 'i hinged to the sides of the platform, so that the back may be turned over. The back is also made in two parts hinged together so that it may fold together. The seat is thus made to accommodate different-sized persons and in several different positions-as first, for two little folks, sittingback to back, with the back-rest in the middle of the platform, as seen in Fig. 3. For a grown person the back-rest may be turned over and be at one end of the platform, and furthermore the back-rest may be unfolded and extended in an inclined position, both positions as represented in Figs. 2 and 4:.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. The combination of suspended swinging bars A, supporting frame B, provided with the metal corner-pieces D, having open socket d, and the metal pieces d having headed pins, and the foot-frame 0, attached to lower ends of suspended bars A by means of irons, like D, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with suspended bars A and seat-frame having cross-bars F F, provided with pins f f, of the metal pieces E E, secured to bars A A, provided with diagonal slots 6 e, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

SAMUEL T. JULL.

W'itnesses:

XVM. C. FIsH, J. H. CULBERTSON. 

